Posted on October 17th, 2011 • by Bill Cawthon
Automotive News says Sergio Marchionne wants to emphasize the United States in his plans to restore the former glory of the brand. The Chrysler/Fiat CEO believes it will be easier to sell Alfa’s return to the U.S., a market it left in 1995, than to repair its European reputation for mediocre quality and aging designs [...]
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Posted on October 3rd, 2011 • by Bill Cawthon
Automotive News reports Fiat will build a “baby” Jeep in Italy for the European and possibly the U.S. markets. Two company sources told Automotive New Europe that the new vehicle will be produced in the Fiat Mirafiori plant alongside a similar vehicle for the Fiat brand that will replace the Sedici, as well as a [...]
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Posted on September 26th, 2011 • by Bill Cawthon
Chrysler may use the replacements for the Jeep Compass and a new Alfa Romeo mid-size car as bargaining chips in the ongoing labor negotiations with the United Auto Workers. An Automotive News analysis says Chrysler/Fiat management, which has already gone back and forth on production of the new Jeep/Alfa SUV and the Alfa Romeo Giulietta, [...]
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Posted on September 4th, 2011 • by Bill Cawthon
Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera reported today that Fiat will keep production of Jeep and Alfa Romeo SUVs at the Mirafiori plant in Turin, Italy. This is contrary to reports published last week by Bloomberg News which said Fiat’s oldest plant would produce a small car (the Fiat Topolino), instead. Bloomberg had reported that sources [...]
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Posted on August 31st, 2011 • by Bill Cawthon
Automotive News is reporting that unnamed sources have said Fiat S.p.A. may move the planned production of Jeep and Alfa Romeo brand SUVs from the Mirafiori plant to North America and build a new small car in Turin. In November 2010, Fiat said it would spend a billion euros ($1.44 billion) on upgrading the Mirafiori [...]
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Posted on May 7th, 2011 • by Bill Cawthon
Italian financial newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore is reporting that the product plan Sergio Marchionne and Richard Palmer are presenting to potential investors is missing a brand: Alfa Romeo. The article by Andrea Malan appeared yesterday and says the plan covers various new vehicles through 2014, including adding a rebadged Doblo van to the Ram [...]
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